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Show Young U Fighters En A. A. II. r,!est SALT LAKE CITY, March 28 (t'.Hi Eleven defending champions will head one of the strongest fields ever to enter an Intermoun-tain Intermoun-tain A. A. XI. boxing tournament when the annual slugfest starts here tonight. Defending titleholders in the senior division are Richard Hess, 112 pounds, Malad, Idaho; Willis Sharp, 118 pounds, Midvale, Utah; Russel Wolz, middleweight, Provo; Jack Townsend, heavyweight, Po-catello, Po-catello, Ida., Terry Orchard, 160 pounds, Salt Lake City; Melvin Orchard, 147 pounds, Salt Lake City, and Gene Robertson, Price, Utah. Four junior champions will compete. According to present plans, a team of senior division fighters will go to San Francisco next month to make its bid for honors in the national tournament. The program will . continue through Wednesday and Thursday. |